My new old Battle Rat - New Love!!

[Morales]

I have owned my black Battle Rat for some years now, but when I put the BR to use, I felt that there was room left for improvement.

So finally I send it to a talented knifemaker, who really knows how to sharpen things up. Here are the results:

Now there's this smooth transition through the higher convex grind and this improved the chopping ability a lot without sacrificing much strength. Now I love my BR even more and they are hard to come by over here in Europe. So enjoy the photos and look after your 'precious'!

 

[rpn]

Nice one!

Mine had been thinned by HornDog and is a great chopper. The grind is thin and I've beaten the heck out of it with zero edge damage (except when i hit concrete 1x..minor/tiny rolled edge).

 

[InquisitorLord]

Sweet!

 

[Kirk_Ferentz]

Looks great. I'd like a swamp rat or busse chopper with a convex edge like that. How much does it usually cost (in the US) to have an edge on a ~9 inch blade convexed? I could do it myself but not sure if I have the skill.

 

[Thrill]

Lookin' real nice.

 

[drbarnes]

That is a sweet battle rat! Maybe I need to convex mine....

Kirk I just wrote on your vistor wall.

 

[leatherman]

I love the look of that wide edge!

I've been contemplating sending a couple of my Rats to Richard J for some paper wheel lovin', getting closer now.

 

[Morales]

Thanks for comments, I can only recommend this edge modification cause it shows what the BR is capable of with the right edge geometry.